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The wetlands of the High Andes are an evolutionary hotspot for the grebe family (Podicipedidae). This unique diversity is, however, rapidly being lost: in the past 30 years, 2 species have gone extinct and another 3 species are on the verge of extinction. Here we report on efforts to save three of these species, the Hooded Grebe Podiceps gallardoi, Junin Grebe Podiceps taczanowskii and Titicaca...
The CDM Loan Scheme has already approved 35 loan applications for CDM projects in 21 different countries. The next application phase for the CDM Loan Scheme is closing in less than one week and the last day for submitting applications for this period is the 31st of July 2013. (http://www.cdmloanscheme.org/procedure/application-timeline).
Loan applications may be submitted on an on-going basis,...
Over the last decade, market practitioners working for Practical Action across South Asia, Eastern and South Africa, Latin America and the UK have developed, tested and improved a participatory and systematic approach to markets that reduces poverty as scale - PMSD. Participatory Market System Development (PMSD) is Practical Action’s approach to inclusive markets that reduce poverty on a...
August 19, 2013 - August 30, 2013
Application Ends On : August 12, 2013
Monitoring is important in implementing afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). This e-learning course presents the methods for carbon monitoring in these types of projects, and includes three modules:
Module 1: Preparing for Project Monitoring (reviews key concepts,...
The Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network (AAKNet) is pleased to present the second Issue of the Africa Adaptation Newsletter. This newsletter offers a comprehensive overview of the latest adaptation practices, policy issues, amongst many in Africa and beyond.
We will be happy to spotlight your Climate Change Adaptation activities, announcements, events, new initiatives,...
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the session "Andean communities in the face of global change" (see attachment) which Wageningen University and Research Centre propose together with Giuseppe Feola at the Resilience 2014 Conference taking place 4-8 May 2014, Montpellier, France (http://www.resilience2014.org/). We invite researchers from different disciplines to...
The “Asia-Pacific Ministerial Dialogue: From the Millennium Development Goals to the United Nations Development Agenda beyond 2015” will be held in Bangkok during 26-28 August 2013 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, and will be the first regional Ministerial-level event to discuss the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 following the release of the...
Eucalyptus is becoming a dominant tree in the highlands of Ethiopia. The flowering trees that originated in Australia are surprisingly well suited to the region, says a Cornell graduate student. They grow quickly and do not require fertile soil. In Ethiopia, most eucalyptus species do not reseed on their own, so they do not become invasive. They provide shade and can be sold or used for cooking...
Voluntary commitments and partnerships for sustainable development are multi-stakeholder initiatives voluntarily undertaken by Governments, intergovernmental organizations, major groups and others that aim to contribute to the implementation of intergovernmentally agreed sustainable development goals and commitments in the Rio+20 outcome document “The Future We Want”, Agenda 21, the...
The Mountain Partnership are pleased to share with you a new tool for calculating forest biomass and forest carbon that has been developed by one of their members, the Food and Agriculture Organization, jointly with the French Research Centre (CIRAD) and Tuscia University (Italy).
The new GlobAllomeTree online platform allows global access to tree allometric equations, the basic tool for...